65 cm barrel, octagonal breech tapering to round, integral engine-turned rib, open sights, receiver full-coverage engraved with scroll and inlaid with gold ribbons, receiver ring gold inlaid with a bear, a bull moose on the magazine floorplate, a wild boar on the trigger guard, de-activated flag type safety, sliding tang safety, gold-washed double set trigger, bolt handle of butterknife type, hinged magazine floorplate with lever opener, contrastingly grained walnut stock, Bavarian cheekpiece with double folds, pistol grip with steel cap, gold inlaid with a monogram, horn tip, leathercovered rubber recoil pad, LOP 35 cm, fine chequering, German claw mounted Zeiss Diavari -D 1,5-6x36, reticule 8, luxury bolt action rifle, year of manufacture 1973, due to marks of use at the stock condition 3-4. This rifle from the property of a well-known big-game hunter will be offered for the benefit of the CIC – International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation to support their mission to protect sustainable hunting. There will be no provision charged on this lot and 100% of the hammer price will go to support the CIC.
About the CIC
The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) is a politically independent advisory body which aims to conserve nature through the application of the principles of sustainable use. Ultimately, the vision of the CIC is for a world where wildlife is valued and conserved as part of nature for the benefit of humanity. To do this, the CIC is looking to unite and streamline forces to better inform the public and communicate the positive contributions of hunting to wildlife conservation. Born from a Central European idea around 1900, the CIC was created in 1928 in Palárikovo (present day Slovakia), following an initiative of the Hungarian Count Louis Károlyi and Maxime Ducrocq, President of the French St. Hubert Club and their friends. As an international organization from the start, the CIC was registered in Paris in 1930. Since 1999, the CIC Headquarters have been located in Budakeszi, Hungary.
The CIC’s strengths lie in its diverse, yet united membership. The CIC believes that landmark progress in conservation can be achieved only through the cooperation of a wide range of institutions and individuals. The CIC is proud to have over 1,700 members in more than 80 countries on all 5 continents. Its’ membership consists of states, national and international associations and organizations, individual members, as well as sponsors, all advocates of the CIC and sustainable wildlife management around the world.
Where will the money raised from the auction go?
All of the money from this auctioned lot will go towards the CIC’s efforts in promoting the role of sustainable use of wildlife in the conservation of nature. This includes advocacy work at local and national government levels through national CIC delegations, and at regional and international level through the CIC’s presence in international environmental conventions, agreements, institutions and organisations such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), and United Nations organisations. The funds from the auction will go towards ensuring that positive conservation impacts are put first, ahead of any interests, emotions and ideologies that might ultimately threaten wildlife and their habitats.
By supporting the efforts of the CIC, you will be promoting and supporting not only the conservation of wildlife and related landscapes, but also local communities and traditions which depend on sustainable use as part of their existence.
About the donor:
Bernard Lozé is a long-standing and distinguished member of the CIC, having been a member of the organisation now for close to 40 years. M. Lozé was President of the CIC for 6 years (2010-2016), having held the position of Vice President for 6 years prior. He is currently Honorary President of the CIC. M. Lozé has spent most of his life working with institutions in international finance. Initially, working between America and Europe, and after 1990 also with Russia and Central Europe, where he is still active.
Members of his family have been hunting for generations, including his father who was a passionate hunter and who he followed everywhere. M. Lozé has gone on to hunt all over the world. He has strong ties to the Russian Federation. He is Russian by his mother and is also Vice President (since many years) of the Franco-Russian dialogue, Vice President of Franco-Russian friendship and Co- President of the Union of People of Eurasia.
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